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It costs about 7 times more to win a new customer than it does to retain and grow a relationship with an existing customer.
But most Sales Reps receive very little training on how to prioritize different customer relationships. Just a little bit of work with your customer relationship management (CRM) system can mean a boost of 10% or more to standard commissions – and to overall sales!
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I recently ran across a staggering statistic: less than 10% of businesses are using a marketing automation solution.
Microsoft has added a lot of functionality to CRM since version 2011. If you’re on Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 (or earlier), Dynamics CRM 2013 or are on Dynamics CRM 2015 but have not yet applied Update Rollup 1, this article provides a useful list of resources to help you understand the new benefits for your users.
The release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM – Spring 2015 includes a helpful new feature; Immersive Excel. This functionality allows a user to manipulate Dynamics CRM data in MS Excel, without the cumbersome "Export to Re-import" process required in the past.
There is a big issue in business these days – blaming technology for people problems.Though it’s true that technology can be fickle and frustrating and even I have often restrained myself from sending my laptop sailing out the window, well…it’s a computer. Can we all just agree, collectively, to assert our human brain’s superiority and stop blaming technology? Here are a few ways to start bringing people back into the mix.
In part two of this successful roadmap engagement series, we'll look at Risk and Obstacle Evaluation, Business Case and ROI, Culture Change, Training, Adoption, and Future Planning.
You may have just made the momentous decision to purchase a new CRM or ERP system, or perhaps you have had your systems for some time. With many companies offering ‘Best of Breed’ business systems, one thing typically remains true: each of these systems are silos of data and information. This blog details real-world benefits of systems integration.
Have you ever opened SharePoint Designer, clicked on Workflows, and saw nothing? I sure did and was able to fix it. In today's blog post, we'll do a quick primer of SharePoint reusable workflows, then I'll discuss the problem and all the troubleshooting I did to try and fix the issue. Finally I'll review the magical steps necessary steps I took to actually resolve it.
The idea of engaging in a road mapping exercise has gained in popularity in recent years due to the ever changing technology landscape and the pace at which new business process evolves. Contrary to popular belief, a roadmap is not just a pretty Visio! It is not one size fits all, so don’t let the expectations or results of others dictate the expectations for your engagement. This blog series will explore some of the most critical aspects of a road mapping project.t.
Is Exception Handling one of the easiest ways to track values of variables used in C# plugin for Dynamics CRM Online? It was really helpful for me, when I found that developers can use the Profiler in the Plugin Registration Tool to debug a C# plugin. Here is a step by step guide for the whole process.
Inside Sales teams are rapidly replacing traditional sales teams. This approach to sales is resulting in significant productivity gains, improvements in responsiveness to prospects and customers, and cost savings. It also introduces an ability to have a much tighter and more buyer-driven sales process. But it also requires some rethinking of the tools used in CRM to support the sales function.
Activity planning and management is one of those areas. Learn how queues can boost the productivity of the Inside Sales team.
The new Scribe Insight 7.9 release offers multi-threaded integration processes for all four of the integration process types available within the Scribe Console, but, let’s clarify. Previous to the Scribe 7.9 release, only one thread was reserved for processing all File, Time and Query based integration processes. This blog discusses what you should know about the newest release.
When performing a migration or integration of data, one consideration that should be high on your list is translation performance. Today's blog will discuss how to address the processing of multiple records simultaneously, as opposed to a single-threaded process.
When building an integration between business systems, or even simply performing a migration from a business system to a flat file extract, a great way to find and extract the data you need is using an application publisher. An application publisher is a purpose built tool that typically uses the API of the application to make available data from the systems objects or entities.
With the advent of Business Rules beginning in Dynamics CRM 2013 we now have the ability to implement client-side business logic without having to write javascript functions. How can I determine whether to code my business logic using business rules, javascript or both?
I’m in the midst of two different major workflows for clients right now, one of them being an HR New Hire Onboarding request and approval process. One small but critical requirement of the process was that each level of approval needed a two business day wait period. In this post I'll demonstrate 2 easy ways to be able to calculate working or business days inside a SharePoint workflow.
Did you know it takes an average of 7 contacts to convert an unqualified prospect into a sales qualified lead? And did you know that 60%-95% of sales leads are never worked at all? That’s a huge amount of untapped potential!
In this article, we will look at the "3 C's" of lead management using customer relationship management.
It’s your data. Don’t let great on-line transactional systems limit your analytics needs. Bring the cloud down to earth, then slice and dice to your heart’s content. This blog will discuss three ways to accomplish this.
If you’re not using CRM as a tool to plan your day, week, month – or more – then you’re missing out. You’re leaving valuable referral sources in the cold. You’re letting opportunities slip through the cracks. And you’re letting your competitors snap up your best customers.
This article takes a look at how to use CRM as a planning tool.
A client recently found he could not enable a user he needed to use in one of our sandbox organizations. Every time he tried, he got “The user ID associated with the current record is not valid”. This blog explores the fix.
One common CRM challenge is keeping your development environment in sync with the production environment. Coding in a development environment that is not in sync with production can lead to many hours of frustration trying to find the ghosts in the code. I find this especially true working in Salesforce.
Recently, I was asked to create a button on a Salesforce.com form that would take data from the existing form and create a new Salesforce Lead record from it. Sounds simple enough, right? However, intermittently an error was being produced with a somewhat unclear message. This blog details the encoding function I used for the fix!
It’s been a packed week at Microsoft Ignite, and in this final post of my daily recaps, we’ll validate the awesomeness of Visio for dashboards and data-connected data graphics, review the common problems encountered when performing the initial configurations of Office 365 service for your organization, and finally share how search works in SharePoint 2013 plus how to scale it properly.
As we near the end of Ignite, day 4 was still filled with some great technical sessions. I’ll give you a rundown of everything from SQL High Availability, best practices for branding and page design in SharePoint Online to scaling SharePoint 2013 search. One of my favorite sessions that I’m excited to share dealt with navigating the landscape of Office 365 tools.
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